Location, location, location: Use of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing in human pathogenic fungi

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Mitchell, Aaron P ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 9; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; GENOMIC DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FUNGAL GENE; GENE EDITING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; FUNGI; GENE EDITING; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS;

EID: 85016481783     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006209     Document Type: Review

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